The Meaning of Deuteronomy 19:12 Explained

Deuteronomy 19:12

KJV: Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

YLT: then the elders of his city have sent and taken him from thence, and given him into the hand of the redeemer of blood, and he hath died;

Darby: then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

ASV: then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then the elders  of his city  shall send  and fetch  him thence, and deliver  him into the hand  of the avenger  of blood,  that he may die. 

What does Deuteronomy 19:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 19

1  The cities of refuge
4  The privilege thereof for the manslayer
14  The landmark is not to be removed
15  At least two witnesses are required
16  the punishment of a false witness

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 19:12 mean?

Then shall send the elders of his city and bring him from there and deliver over him to the hand of avenger of the blood that he may die
וְשָֽׁלְחוּ֙ זִקְנֵ֣י עִיר֔וֹ וְלָקְח֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ מִשָּׁ֑ם וְנָתְנ֣וּ אֹת֗וֹ בְּיַ֛ד גֹּאֵ֥ל הַדָּ֖ם וָמֵֽת

וְשָֽׁלְחוּ֙  Then  shall  send 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
זִקְנֵ֣י  the  elders 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural construct
Root: זָקֵן  
Sense: old.
עִיר֔וֹ  of  his  city 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
וְלָקְח֥וּ  and  bring 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
מִשָּׁ֑ם  from  there 
Parse: Preposition-m, Adverb
Root: שָׁם  
Sense: there, thither.
וְנָתְנ֣וּ  and  deliver  over 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
בְּיַ֛ד  to  the  hand 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
גֹּאֵ֥ל  of  avenger 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular construct
Root: גְּאוּלִים 
Sense: to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman.
הַדָּ֖ם  of  the  blood 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּם  
Sense: blood.
וָמֵֽת  that  he  may  die 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.

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